In a bid to protect the snow leopard, conservation groups are merging western and traditional approaches by teaming up with local monasteries, shamans and indigenous communities who live in the big cat's habitat.

As recently as a few years ago, Ramesh Sunar of Thini, Annapurna- Nepal, used to kill Chukar (partridges) and other wild birds without a second thought. Whenever he caught a glimpse of a fox, he would chase after it. But ever since he became a Snow

One male and one female cub were born on April 14, 2014 to 5-year-old mom Shanti and 11-year-old dad Roscoe. The cubs are the couple's second litter during their time at the Akron Zoo, according to the zoo's director of marketing David Barnhardt.

Found across almost 1,29,000 sq kms in India, in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, snow leopards also face habitat and prey loss with the increase of human settlements and developmental

- The Wildlife Conservation Society's Central Park Zoo is debuting a pair of snow leopard cubs (Panthera uncia). These are the first snow leopard cubs ever born at the Central Park Zoo and the second snow leopard birth at a WCS zoo this year.

The Kyrgyz Republic has announced plans to set up its first ever wildlife corridors to help the movement of migratory animals. The announcement was made at the start of a two-day conference on the conservation of the snow leopard.

The dens of two snow leopard mothers and their cubs have been located in Mongolia for the first time, with new, unprecedented video showing the mothers and their young inside the den, a conservation organization announced July 12.